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Born:1956 Accra, Ghana

Died:2021 Loughborough, England

Other name/s: George Atta Kwami

Biography

Painter, printmaker and sculptor, Atta Kwami was born in Accra, Ghana on 14 September 1956.

He was first introduced to the arts through his mother, Grace Salome Kwami, a talented sculptor, painter and weaver, who profoundly influenced his artistic development. Kwami fondly recalled watching as she constructed ‘boxes in which to carry our rulers, books, pencils […] on top of each box, she glued a colour print of a tree in a landscape with a blue sky.

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Kwami is known for expanding the notions of painting, basing his practice both in the visual world of his native Ghana and in reflections on.

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Born and raised in New York City and Hempstead, NY, Henry Drewal received his BA from Hamilton College majoring in French and minoring in Fine Arts.

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The visceral impact of those boxes and how they were made is embedded in my memory’ (Apollo Magazine). As a teenager, Kwami attended the prestigious Achimota School, where he was tutored in weaving and other art disciplines by an Ewe master.

He subsequently pursued painting at the University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi (1976–80), a city celebrated as the cultural heart of the Asante region. After